Mount Namuli

Mount Namuli
Mount Namuli - Landsat7
Highest point
Elevation2,420 m (7,940 ft)
Coordinates15°22′S 37°02′E / 15.367°S 37.033°E / -15.367; 37.033
Geography
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LocationZambezia Province, Mozambique

Mount Namuli is the second highest mountain in Mozambique and the highest in the Province of Zambezia. It is 2,420 m (7,940 ft) high and was measured, surveyed and described in 1886 by Henry Edward O'Neill, the British consul in Mozambique. The Namuli massif consists of a level plateau with the granite dome of Mount Namuli above. The area was historically clad in tropical rainforest and is an important biodiversity hotspot with many endemic species of animals and plants. The lower slopes are now mainly used for the cultivation of tea and the middle slopes for other agricultural purposes, with indigenous forest now mostly restricted to the higher parts and corridors along water courses.